Article 2—General Policies and Regulations
Part 5. Use of University Premises and Facilities
§ 2-507 Events Involving Professional Performers
(a) Events involving professional performers shall be defined as
those entertainment events open to the student body and/or general
public in which the performers appear before an audience and are
paid or normally receive pay for their services. Such entertainment
events shall include theatrical productions, closed-circuit television,
athletic events, arena spectaculars, artists, and the like that
utilize professional musicians, singers, dancers, athletes, or comedians.
It shall not include any event in which the total fees paid or normally
paid for the performers’ services, including expenses, are
less than $2,500. It shall also not include dances, film showings,
banquets, or lectures, regardless of any fees that may be involved.
(b) Sponsorship of events involving professional performers as
defined above shall be restricted to the Assembly Hall utilizing
its premises, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts utilizing
its premises, Star Course and the Illini Union Board utilizing either
of the above, or other facilities as approved by the Office of Facility
Management and Scheduling. Under exceptional conditions, University
organizations, campus boards, registered organizations, or related
organizations may cosponsor events involving professional performers
with one of the above-mentioned authorized agencies in accordance
with the limitations of section VIII-1 of the Campus Administrative
Manual. Such cosponsorship, as well as all agreements related to
that cosponsorship, shall be at the full discretion of the authorized
agency except that at least 50 percent of all financial interests
shall remain with the authorized agency. To qualify for cosponsorship
consideration, an organization must be able to show that its cosponsorship
would enhance the value or facilitate holding the event in a way
that cannot be achieved by one of the usual authorized sponsors.
Fund raising, regardless of the purpose or benefactor, is not an
appropriate reason in itself to allow cosponsorship.
(c) Coordination of those entertainment events involving professional
performers as defined above shall be accomplished by the Coordinating
Committee on Entertainment Events specifically appointed for that
purpose. Such coordination of professional events shall include
the responsibility for operations and for resolving and deciding
those conflicts relating to professional entertainment events, both
as to scheduling dates and sponsorship. Appeals of decisions of
the Coordinating Committee on Entertainment Events shall be made
to the Chancellor or the Chancellor’s designee.
(d) Membership of the Coordinating Committee on Entertainment Events
shall consist of the following individuals:
(1) director of the Office of Facility Management and Scheduling
or designee, chairperson
(2) director of the Assembly Hall
(3) director of the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
(4) a senior manager of Star Course
(5) director of the Illini Union Board Program Department
(6) director of the Office of Registered Organizations
(7) Dean of Students or designee
(8) two additional persons appointed by the Vice Chancellor
for Student Affairs
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